[mythtv-users] Mythbackend CPU usage when running low on diskspace

[Aran Cox]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 02:50:55PM +0100, Jens Baumeister wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a DVB-T mythbox using 0.16, though I'm planning to upgrade to
> 0.17 in a few weeks - currently I'm too busy and also a bit reluctant
> to touch a system that's running smooth.
> 
> There's just one thing that's bothering me: Every time I run low on HD
> space on my video partition ( < 4 GB left ), mythbackend will start
> eating up a lot of CPU resources. (As in: 0% idle, jerky video
> playback, dropped frames while recording) This stops as soon as I free
> up some more space.
> 
> It can't be related commercial flagging as I don't have that turned
> on. It shouldn't be auto-expiry as that's set to kick in at <2 GB
> left.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what mythbackend is doing there?

You could look in the mythbackend.log file .... that's mythtv's way of
TELLING you what mythbackend is doing.